China Smash 2024, Day 8 Results: Indian campaign draws to an end as Manav/Manush crash out

India's campaign at the China Smash 2024, currently taking place at the Shijingshan Shougang Park, concluded on Day 8 (Thursday, October 3). The men's doubles pair of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah were the last remaining Indian competitors in the tournament. They faced the Chinese duo of Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin in the men's doubles quarterfinals.

The Chinese pair dominated the opening two games, winning 11-5 and 11-2, putting Manav and Manush on the backfoot. However, the Indian duo fought back impressively, taking the third game 11-8 in a do-or-die situation. Despite this resurgence, the Chinese pair held their nerve and won the fourth game 11-7, securing a 3-1 victory overall with a scoreline of 11-5, 11-2, 8-11, and 11-7.

With this defeat, India's campaign at the China Smash 2024 came to an end. A total of 13 Indian paddlers competed in various categories, with the quarterfinal finish by Manav and Manush being the standout performance. Their effort earned them a combined prize money of 3500 USD and 350 ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Points.

Here’s a recap of India's overall results at the China Smash 2024:

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China Smash 2024: India Results

Men's Singles

• Harmeet Desai 2-3 Kristian Karlsson (Round 1, Qualifying Draw)
• Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 2-3 (Round 1, Qualifying Draw)
• Snehit Suravajjula 1-3 Jinbao Ma (Round 1, Qualifying Draw)
• Manush Shah 2-3 Xue Fei (Round 2, Qualifying Draw)
• Manav Thakkar 0-3 Zeng Beixun (Round of 64)
• Sharath Kamal 1-3 Aditya Sareen (Round of 64)

Women's Singles

• Diya Chitale 2-3 Katarzyna Wegrzyn (Round 1, Qualifying Draw)
• Yashaswini Ghorpade 2-3 Audrey Zarif (Round 1, Qualifying Draw)
• Sutirtha Mukherjee 0-3 Fan Siqi (Round 2, Qualifying Draw)
• Ayhika Mukherjee 2-3 (Round 2, Qualifying Draw)
• Manika Batra 0-3 Mima Ito (Round of 64)
• Sreeja Akula 0-3 Miu Hirano (Round of 64)

Men's Doubles

• Mudit Dani and Taehyun Kim 0-3 Aditya Sareen and Santiago Lorenzo (Round of 32)
• Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar 1-3 Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin (Quarterfinal)

Women's Doubles

• Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee 1-3 Cheng I-Ching and Li Yu-Jhun (Round of 16)

Mixed Doubles

• Diya Chitale and Manush Shah 0-3 Xue Fei and Qian Tianyi (Round of 16)